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Overview
Open University of the Netherlands
Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies
Wim Westera
The Open Universiy of the Netherlands
1. Distance education
2. Innovation (technology-enhanced learning)
3. Teacher training in the Netherlands (influx)
OUNL, facts & figures
• Founded in 1984• 19000 students (parttime)• Adult education, continuous education• 700 fte• 15 local study centers in the Netherlands and Flanders• Main office in Heerlen• Budget M€ 60
Organisation OUNL
CelstecSchools SupportRdMC
Board
LawEnvironmental sciencesArts sciencesComputer sciencesBusiness sciencesPsychology
Master progr.Learning &
CognitionLearning NetworksLearning Media
Support progr. ICTLogisticsFinance
Institutional LLL research programme
Institutional Innovation programme
Open Educational Resources (OPENER)
Education’s shifting focus
Initial learning Lifelong learning
Supply driven Demand driven
Teacher-controlled Learner-empowered
Formal Non-formal
School Workplace
Face to face Any device
School Anywhere
Uniform schedule Anytime
Uniform schedule Any tempo
Content Support
Uniform product Personalised product
Pedagogical starting points
• Individual differences of learners• Independent learning• Student empowerment• Knowledge construction• Virtual learning• Virtual collaboration• Virtual communities
CELSTEC
• “Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies”• Budget M€ 7 (40% external funding)• ± 90 fte scientific staff; 10 fte support staff• Programme management:
-Masters in Learning Sciences-Learning & Cognition-Learning Networks-Learning Media
• Working in projects
Learning & Cognition Programme
• Cognitive principles of:– Learning tasks
– Learning arrangements
– Learning assesments
• Director Fred Paas
Learning Networks Programme
• Informal and distributed learning– Professional development
– Learning network services
– Professional communities
• Director Peter Sloep